>> live and in hd. this is "good morning washington." on your side. >> 8 nor'easter slams into the northeast. the live report straight ahead. >> and d.c. police find a body near a burning car. >> and chicago bulls legend scottie pippen says obama reminds him of a certain teammates. >> good morning. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. let us go to jacqui jeras. >> good morning. looking a little bit better. they are starting out in the cloudy side. but we will see clearing conditions today. and that is one of our weather headlines. it is going to be breezy and cool temperatures below average

by about 10 degrees. but hold on, we have a warm up. and a great looking weekend ahead. they are starting out with 42 at reagan national. 37 in gaithersburg. lexington park looking at 39. 50 at noon. mostly sunny by five, 52 degrees. we will be talking 60's before you know it. the belfort furniture weather center will have your seven-day and a moment. >> i have a good news. marc train is, metro rail all reporting on time, on schedule. on 95 of virginia, now early problems, just a volume through lorton and newington. we do have problems on the beltway,. as you come from maryland and

virginia on the inner loop, the right lane is blocked, four car crash. cynné and steve, back to you. >> 6 colom 02. nor'easter adding insult to injury one week after sandy. >> knocked out power and put recovery efforts on hold. and stop some flights. but let's check in of brianne carter. live from reagan national airport. >> we are already seeing more than half a dozen flights heading that way cancelled this morning puritan 3 or four flights of for supposed to ride here have been cancelled as well. -- the have been cancelled this morning. three or four flights that were supposed to arrive here have been cancelled as well. wind and rain ravaged areas already pounded by hurricane sandy just one week ago. >> this is like insult to

injury. we had a hurricane and now a blizzard. >> more than half a million people in the area still without power and the temperatures are falling. michael bloomberg urges people and low-lying areas to go somewhere safer. >> we ordered evacuation of several places, one adult care center. >> airlines also taking another hit with more than 1700 flights canceled. for commuters who were dealing with gas shortages, they are now facing new problems like icy roads and closed highways. >> it is really bad. waiting in line for gas and now waiting in line to get home. >> if you are heading out to the airport, check with your airline first your flight status. but some flights already

cancelled or delayed. they are expecting the snow to wrap up their soon. they are hoping they will get back to normal sooner rather than later. reporting live, brianne carter. >> thank you. please try to determine how i body ended up there are burning car. john gonzalez live at the scene with what he is learned overnight. >> quite a mystery this morning. the discovery was found between the high school in the northeast d.c. the fire department was called out around 10:00 p.m. last night. a car on fire. when their arrived not only did they find the burning car, about 200 feet from the road, but they also got a body next to it. the homicide unit called out immediately to investigate. right now it is only being subscribed -- described as a suspicious death. also near dorms near gallaudet

university. the body was removed. we are not sure if it is a female or male. right now police are still investigating how this person ended up dead. reporting live, john gonzales, abc 7 news. >> thank you. it is sentencing day for jared lee loughner. gabrielle giffords and her husband plan to be there in the courtroom. six people were killed, 13 more injured in a rampage at a shopping center. some of those victims plan to comment today, including a woman whose words will not be aimed at jared lee loughner. >> i do not think you could have words that can have a strong enough meaning. i do not have any specific words for him. >> jared lee loughner'pleases agreement guarantees you will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility for parole. >> and the trove for a student

accused of killing her -- and the trial for a student accused of killing her roommate begins today. they say she killed her over music being played on an ipod. she claims to was acting in self-defense. two of the three suspects arrested in the brutal beating of a man had to court today. they are all charged with attacking the man and august. maslin suffer severe brain injuries. >> in the aftermath of hurricane sandy we will get an update on garrett county's recovery were sandy dumped more than two feet of snow and had -- caused massive power outages. there will hold a news conference updating the state of emergency.

>> president obama getting back to business. announce plans for a ground- breaking visit by president obama and about two weeks. officials have not announced the visit, but it will be the first by an american president. they are making the trip back to the white house. >> 6:07. still ahead, what was that that caused the mass of a power outage and argentina? >> and he was in a media personality with possibly -- how new york times

>> hello. i am here with my australian friends and we are going to stick around for more news. good morning, washington. >> good morning, washington. 6:tennessee time. one of the biggest winners of this election was not on the ballot. >> nate silver talking about how things of that sort on amazon. he successfully called off 50 states correctly in tuesday's election -- >> let us get a look at our forecast today. >> cloudy and cool conditions. things will get better. in sunshine will make a return

as well. we are waking up to about 42 degrees at reagan national. 39 at dulles. 41 and 32 in frederick. freezing this hour. there's a nor'easter storm still impacting most of new england. you can see the overcast conditions. if you are flying today, there could be delays. that may be an issue in boston because of wind and rain showers. we might even have some here in washington d.c. because of the clouds and wind this afternoon. but no dealers reported right now other than cancellations earlier. we will see quiet conditions across the country but stormy into the mountains to the west. looking for partly sunny skies. partly cloudy at noon. and mostly sunny and 5:00 p.m. and 52 degrees. about 65 and the 7 day forecast.

we will tell you when and just a little bit. let us check on traffic. >> good morning geared a couple problems on the fairfax county parkway. before you get to the toll road still a crash. keep that in mind. interstate 95, just volume coming out of stafford without any incidents. on the beltway leaving alexandria towards a springfield, a crush on the inner loop. four cars involved, right side. a struggling through that stretch. maryland 95, still dealing with the accident involving the overturned box struck. over two hours and the columbia area. here is a picture of the slow traffic. allow a little extra time. use the bw parkway and that could save you time. southbound i-95 your travel lanes are open.

back to you. >> 6:12. 39 degrees. coming up, the power goes out and argentina. >> and the

>> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevy. this is "good morning washington" on your side. >> a truck bomb and pop kristanna's largest city kills as least one person. -- near talibaafghan soldiers and policemen are dead after authorities say what was carried out by insurgents.

five soldiers died when their convoy struck a land mine. >> crews in guatemala search for survivors after an earthquake in the area. it destroyed homes in the area. at least 40 people confirmed dead. a dozen still missing. damage confirmed and all but one of guatemalans states. officials said last night blackout and born us addressin buenos aires. >> 6:16 is the time. in the aftermath of hurricane sandy, frustrations rising. in an area hit hard by the storm. people and a queens neighborhood say they are fed up after a week and a half without electricity.

>> when the pipes freeze and water pipes break this is damaged. where is mayor bling board. where is governor cuomo? >> by pann assurance. i expect help. help us. do something for us. >> residents want more police patrols. they said the predators are coming in and stealing items out on a daily basis. an area that has not fare much better staten island. and this is what has happened after the nor'easter. they are still trying to clean up. a live picture from stockton island. and they have lots of snow piled up on top of the degree. >> about one to 5 inches across the area. central park about four inches. record for them. on top of that, they had strong gusty winds. reaching a 40 to 50 miles per hour. about 50,000 additional people

without power. let us take a look of where the nor'easter is in now. it is over new england. it is pretty much gone and new york city as well into new jersey and even here we have had a few sprinkles this morning on the eastern shore and around the delmarva area. that is about it. the cloud cover will be lingering through the morning hours. here are some of the snowfall totals about 1 foot in connecticut. new york, new jersey over 6 inches. central park record 4 inches. 39 at dulles. 37 in manassas. 31 -- 41 at bwi. record yesterday for the lowest maximum temperature. the lowest high of we have had on november 7 of a 43 degrees. it ties the record set back in

1967. it deals with a cold november? you are right. 8 degrees below average. and a 10 day stretch below average. you can see our storm will be pulling out. high pressure will build from the west. skies clearing today. we will be on the plus side with the north wind. we will get return flow bringing in a southerly winds and the temperatures will be on the increase by the weekend. today, clearing skies. it will be blustery. 52 to 57. tonight, mostly clear skies. 28 to 35 degrees. and for more information, i would love it if you follow me on twitter. and can also find me on facebook. a great looking seven-day forecast. tell us all about it? >> it will warm up a little bit.

nice change in the pace for the upcoming weekend. i miss no lover and the like the cold, but a 60 degree action of the weekend -- i am a snow lover and i like the cold. but i will take a 60 degree weekend. in downtown silver spring this morning. let us take a look of the temperatures. 39 at the storm chasers truck. a cool start. it will be a cool afternoon. here is a warming trend with our seven-day. a lot more straightforward than what we have been seeing. with a bat pending nor'easter. now that passed us, it will still be breezy, and cool with highs in the mid 50's. but look at that. we warm up into the 60's, possibly upper 60's on a sunday into monday. the next chance of rain into tuesday. overall, expect a lot of sunshine from this afternoon through the weekend combined

with the warmer temperatures. very pleasant, and a little above average. that is it for the forecast. let us get our commute. i can almost see a building here. >> i am waving. a brisk morning. maryland, for the past two hours, crews still dealing with an overturned box truck. that is why it is taking so long. the tow truck has arrived. still trying to clear that from the two left lanes. north on i-95, you are going to be sitting in traffic. virginia on the fairfax county parkway, still dealing with the accident before the toll road. and on the virginia beltway a crash near van dorn your the side of the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. 6:21. walmart ups the ante.

>> good morning. topping america's money, jittery investors will try to shake of the sharpest sell-offs in a year. the dow lost almost 312 points. 250,000 trucks could end up as total losses from hurricane sandy, which might lead to a spike in new-car sales. they say almost 16,000 cars will have to be scrapped. and many people will fly over the holidays with plans about 90% full. and ticket sales are on an 50% from one year ago. walmart upping the ante for black friday opening up at 8:00. selling a blu-ray player for $38. that is america's money, and

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now the n.c.a.a. says this is not going to affect its drug- testing policy. >> which you heard is from an attorney that is a marijuana advocate that delivered those goldfish to the colorado governor. back to the basketball court. high praise for a hall of a famer, scottie pippen who joins the president for his pickup game. >> according to the usa today report, they said the president reminded him of the nba's greatest player of all time, michael jordan, because no one wanted to hit him. >> and backhanded compliment. >> it was like the whole presidential motorcade was coming through because the land was so wide open. the team won the game by 20 points, and as they predicted that earned scottie pippen and invitation to the white house. a showdown on thursday night

football tonight the colts and the jaguars had to jacksonville. the jaguars the colts back in week three. their only when the season so far. >> it is 6:26. still another half hour of "good morning washington" ahead. a >> we will ticket but th

>> live and in hd. this is "good morning washington." on your side. >> it is snowing. this is like insult to injury. we just had a hurricane and now a blizzard. >> a tough time in the northeast. they get 81 two punch. -- one two punch. >> we are and for a warm up today. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we are going to get started with jacqui jeras. if you do not like a cold, just hang on. >> today still bluster in chilly but we have a nice warm up in the seven-day. first, a book about nor'easter that is impacting new england. still some snow on long island. but they are done in new york city. you can see a beautiful view on

our roof cam. the temperatures 42 degrees. skies are cloudy but the sun will pop out this afternoon. 36 in gaithersburg. 43 in the culpeper. our temperatures will make it into the low to mid 50's today with plenty of sun before the day is done. warm up coming up in a little bit. we are headed back to you for more on in nor'easter. >> thank you. 6:31. that november nor'easter adds to all of the suffering in the northeast one week after sandy. >> a feeling of deja boo aftercoughvu. >> we have a half a dozen flights on the arrival and departure board canceled. new jersey and new york are the major affected airports. over the past 24 hours we know

that there have been lots of flights nationwide canceled ahead of this storm. and a lot of people are born to try to be rerouted. this is a one two punch after they are just starting to pick up the pieces from sandy, they are starting to deal with wind and rain and now snow. we of icy roads and roads have been closed as well. evacuation's and a place. and some of the coastal communities in new jersey. and still a half a million people without power. we are starting to get people back on line, more people now without power because of the wind they have had. chris christie there and new jersey saying this is not something he wanted to deal with again. >> we may take a step back. you need to be prepared for that. i am prepared for that. i hate step backs. i do not tolerate them usually very well. but this one i cannot control.

>> the snow is expected to be wrapping up in new york and new jersey later today and will continue on into boston. they are hoping that there will get back out and get into some of those neighborhoods. some people do not wish shelter were there were collecting goods and food to be able to get inside of a warm building. there will be all this will start to get back to normal sooner rather than later. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> let us check on the commute. >> on a public transportation good. metrorail, 10 trains, and virginia railway express running on time. we start to fill any gaps of the delays. 395 of the beltway, stop and go. gorgeous morning. maryland on 270 a lot of volume. but will be stop and go down toward 109 adding to see delays

as we headed down toward germantown and rockville. back to you. >> thank you. d.c. police trying to determine our body ended up in our burning car in northeast. john gonzalez it is i haveis live with more progress good news for traffic the parkway has reopened for traffic. the disturbing discovery was made behind trace academy high school in northeast d.c. the fire department got the call at 10:00 p.m. last evening, it reported a car on fire. when they arrived, not only did they find the burning car about to wondered feet from the roadway, but also a body lying next to it. the homicide unit immediately called out to investigate. right now it is only been

described as a suspicious death. the body ended up in a ravine near dormsivine. near dorm's of gallaudet university. police still trying to figure out how this person ended up dead. live in the northeast, john gonzales, abc 7 news. >> thank you. investigators -- a 17-year-old girl told police that a man was watching her at the thomas jefferson library in falls church. this on tuesday. she tried to get away from the man by going into the bathroom, but says the man followed her in refused to leave and then touched and pushed her. shehe ran away after she started screaming. >> you usually see some strange people, but the fact he went that far is really scary.

>> library staff told police that had seen the man before but did not know of any other incidents. oppress people overseas are celebrating the united states election. >> jummy olabanji with more on where some of these are coming from. >> when americans have an election, the entire world is watching. we got stories to share with you. this out of kenya this woman 20-year-old woman gave birth to twins yesterday and named one of barack obama and the other mitt romney. obama is the one in the white and mitt romney is the one in the blue. now we go to video from japan. this from the city called obama

city. when they he got reelected, they started partying. they sell a lot of trinkets and things you can buy that say obama for obama. they have been paying attention. the city is happy that their namesake won his re-election. back to you. >> wow. name your twins after the candidates. >> i am scratching my head on not 1. >> 6:37. still ahead, why facebook has there on a teenager. >> and how a potty-training toddler

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for public urination. >> the police chief says the charge will likely be dropped. >> the ticket was for $2,500. that is crazy. >> yes. [laughter] >> in a 6:41. it is 6:41. >> a couple of flakes. there were out of there. there were hard to see. we have cloudy conditions right now. you can see that on our weather bug camera in arlington. our temperatures are kind of chili. a lot of thirties. 39 at dulles. 32 and frederick. and to take a look at our satellite picture there is the nor'easter. it is impacting new england for the most part.

we still have the left over cloudiness. high pressure will build and and we will clear out. that is the good news with this. our forecast today, looking for clearing skies, blustery today. 52 to 57. and nice warm up with 60's by the weekend. we will show you in a little bit. but a step on traffic. >> hello. what i am not happy about is maryland 95, still with accident cleanup, just before 4:00 a.m. an overturned truck. a little bit of a back up. nonetheless, delays i need to tell you about -- through laurel and colombia. northbound 95 after 32 would be left lanes blocked. baltimore washington parkway better. southbound lanes southbound i- 95 southbound bw parkway, your lanes open. virginia northbound 95, delays upperville city and lorton.

here is the inner loop near van dorn. back to the news desk. >> 39 degrees. >> and a georgia boy put himself in

>> we in learning more but the soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in afghanistan. an agent who investigated the massacre took the stand and a preliminary hearing. he testified that he tested positive for steroids three days after the killing. the hearing to determine if he should be court-martialed. and today at 4:00 p.m. on katie you will hear people confronting dark memories from their past. an nba star opens about why he

quit basketball and the deep pain he unlocked after trying to suppress it for years. that story on 4:00 p.m.. >> this 19-year-old team andrew mayhall started evtron. he set a world record for storage capacity and a small space. creswell of the largest problems of we had to overcome was competing with competitors in the industry. they are able to produce the stuff so much more efficient than we were. >> facebook said they are interested in the technology but have not made a n offer. >> the video you are about to see may be disturbing. >> he and his sister were walking to school and were attacked by pitbulls that

escaped from a neighbor's yard. he told the sister to run and stayed and fought off the dog. he tried to keep the dogs away long enough to jump over the fence to the yard. >> there were towed to protect each other at all costs. it makes me so proud to have this hero and our house. >> was bitten several times on the legs. the dogs were picked up by animal control, no word on what is going to happen to them. that looks very painful. >> mother nature adding some insult to injury to people recovering from hurricane sandy. >> or nor'easter causing problems. this is s.i.. the storm has dumped several inches of wet snow -- this is staten island. the storm has done several inches of wet snow. commuter service was expended.

forcing people to drive on icy roads. you were saying about 4, 6 inches. >> central park about 5 inches. laguardia about 1 inch. you can see the streets looking okay. but at last check about 60,000 additional people without power. it has become a combination of the heavy wet snow along with the wind. things are looking a little better in nyc. wolk sure you our radar. the storm is pushing up into new england. the impact starting to pull out of there. they could see another two or 3 inches in connecticut and into maine. the cloudiness still out there. starting to break up a little bit. you can see, trying to clear

out. this is annapolis. going to shape up to be a decent afternoon. it will be blustery. 39 at dulles. 43, frederick. -- 32, frederick. our forecast for today, seeing clearing skies. blustery. temperatures about 10 degrees below average. 52 to 57. our seven-day forecast, so much better by the weekend. 60's again and a lot of sunshine. you will notice a difference by this afternoon. that is your forecast. let us check on traffic. >> i like to positive news. 66 a five a car crash. this happened just moments ago near falls church, eastbound 66, the left landlocked. one to the right. traffic quickly stacking. i-395, normal volume.

growing delays after the pentagon, here is the 14th street bridge. >> thank you. 6:49. thursday express next. >> what you need to know before you walk out the door. a first look at the forecast.

>> coming up here, and robbery caught on tape.

thieves on motorcycles, racing through a mall stealing millions of dollars of jewelry in broad daylight, like a scene out of a hollywood blockbuster. this is a security footage from the mall. this is next right here. >> thank you. 6:53 is the time. >> we will start with a live round up of today's top stories. brianne carter of first. >> your the airport, we are seeing flights affected by the nor'easter. about half a dozen departures and about half a dozen arrivals that have been cancelled up to the northeast, including airports in new york and new jersey. residents are dealing with wind rain and snow with their one week after the effects of superstorm sandy. they are having to deal with more power outages as well. many hoping there will be able to get back into their homes and get back to normal soon. >> d.c. police still

investigating this suspicious death here in northeast. last night the fire department called up for a burning car but found a body lying next to it. this morning, the parkway has reopened after being closed for several hours. the person has not been identified. >> a federal judge in new orleans such to preside over a fairness hearing for class action settlement over bp. this spawning from the 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the judge will hear from lawyers representing bp as well as lawyers for the plaintiff. the lawsuit for the economic damage claims that surfaced because of the oil spill. it is worth billions of dollars. >> thank you. that is what in need to know. >> gabrielle giffords going to be in an arizona courtroom today. the man who tried to kill her is sentenced. jared lee loughner a guilty in august.

to 19 charges. this in the shooting that killed three people and wounded 19 others. >> superstorm sandy dump more than two feet of snow. >> and the weather affecting the sports. >> for more information on the store's visit our website at wjla.com look for the thursday express tab. dow futures up slightly. >> adam caskey joins us live from silver spring. >> good morning. across the street from discovery communications, right here near the fountain which is not an operation. a 38 degrees in silver spring. take a look at our express forecast. the blustery. low average for the temperatures. high near 54. by lunchtime, 50 degrees.

partly cloudy and breezy. by 5:00 p.m., 52. we are warming up. jacqui jeras, hit us with the seven-day. >> good weather down the line. take a look at the 7 day forecast. temperatures in the 60's by this weekend. a lot more sunshine. sometime this afternoon beer and i can handle cold when i can see some sun -- sometime this afternoon. i can handle the cold when i can see the sun. >> i am still moving the cameras around. we had a longstanding crash. maryland 95, two lanes blocked. southbound newington. back to you. >> thank you so much. thank you for being with us. keep it right here, good morning america is next. >> and you can a